Turbo Zx2 shitty idle

[bigstrappa]

you could pipe your idle outside of your intake... it will idle like normal and when you step on it it cuts the idle and goes to full boost ^_^

Since the car doesn't use the maf for the idle... thats what i did.

[bigstrappa]

you could pipe your idle outside of your intake... it will idle like normal and when you step on it it cuts the idle and goes to full boost ^_^

[bigdaddyzx2]

hey swear its a bad seal on intake piping , or the maf is bad on car. I have had 2 zx2s with same problem and both fixed that way. idlles at 900 rpm all day

[soulmusic4141]

check your cam sensor,mine was doing the same thing.

[035577]

dude.. the fuck? never seen a zx2 do that before

[odeswx]

zx2's are the best damn car made!

[inuyasha403]

yep mine does the sem thing sep when it starts my RPMs go up to 2000 RPM then back down to 1000 RPM

[drrattlesnakez]

thats not normal escort rough idle that sounds just like mine it was vacuum leak replaced rubber elbows in 5 minutes you'll be back in action just fixed mine 2 days ago

[bigstrappa]

turbo, there isn't a vac leak. i bet there is just to much air, drop some bigger fuel injectors and i bet it will help even it out, or you need to reprogram the ecu... go with wolf it works good with my zx2

[Shadowen925]

I'm guessing you already fixed this. But if you haven't there is a vacuum leak. There is a small hose on the back of the throttle body that likes to pop off when, if you hit boost. Use a zip tie or clamp to hold it on.

[VAJICLEAN]

this could be a number of things, air leak on the boost side of things etc the coil could be breaking down so its not sparking properly, mine sounded like that and after a while i found it to be the distributer itself.. i have an english escort rs turbo, check all your vacume hoses too, i changed my ignition for a group A coil, 10mm leeds ford 071c plugs and a high power loom kicking out 13.5v and opened plug gap an extra 2 thou for increased boost

[atown33OH]

the reason they idle rough is because the of the rubber motor mounts ford used they arent that good and ruin easy. get those mounts replaced and no problem..

[billytrapp]

every escort i have ever drove idles kinda rough

[blackman5000an2]

so where would i find a turbo for my zx2

[MusicMan100]

yeah like crazydrummer said, if you got this problem just get the pcv checked out, mine would idle so low it would die everytime i came to stop, i had the pcv worked on and ever since it hasnt gone low once and that was about 4 months ago

[nickbalazs]

welcome to every zx2 owners life. I just bought one and found out what a problem rough idles are. However the car runs amazing and if u can get over the fact that sometimes your car sounds like an apache there amazing

[crazydrummermik3]

check your pcv elbow to the right of the manifold if its cracke i would cause system to run lean (code P0171)

[mrwiggz05]

this happen in my mustang and i had to replace mt fuel pressure regulator don't no if your car has one but if it does give that a try.

[97lxtuner]

I have the same problem with my LX :(

[koihoshi]

Turbo Zetec for the win.

[sparkyzx2]

did you have the timing belt replaced if so the exsost cam ajusts its self on the fly if it wasent properly timed that could be the prob

[700whpfocus]

what mods do u have to theengine?

[impaleddead]

eek you need a tune

[89geiger89]

(just in case your not sure what iac is.....Idle air controler)

[89geiger89]

IAC all the way...

[asdf130]

it looks like your IAC is screwed up.

[duffurbanluke21]

yea dude thats how my zx2 is...it has a rough idle it stays under 1000rpms and its bothering...btw...where did you get a turbo for the zx2?

[zx2racer18]

I had the same problem with my Z, and i went over the whole thing and i found a vaccum line that connects to my intake manifold that was was torn off.

[polarisman14]

...no, they don't. something's very, very wrong here.

[daedraprince]

these cars tend to have rough idles